October 22nd, 2015
California Kaiser mental health clinicians vote to go on strike until HMO adequately staffs its psychiatric units, ends retaliation against whistleblowers
In move to protect patients, 1,500 California Kaiser mental health clinicians vote to go on strike until HMO adequately staffs its psychiatric units, ends retaliation against whistleblowers Kaiser’s illegal delays and denials of care have led to hardships for patients and families, even suicides, along with a growing number of lawsuits “No More Kaiser Suicides” video, […]
October 16th, 2015
No More Suicides! Neoliberalism on the Kaiser Couch
By Cal Winslow (Click here to see the story on CounterPunch) It was unnerving, last winter, marching in downtown Oakland, to see placards, “No More Kaiser Suicides.” The march was a union march, hundreds of Kaiser Permanente workers, members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) demanding a contract. The workers, on strike, were […]
October 13th, 2015
NUHW endorses Bernie Sanders for president of the United States
Thank you to the nearly two hundred elected rank-and-file leaders of NUHW for a successful 2015 Leadership Conference! (See the slideshow below.) Our theme this year was Raising Our Voices — taking our message and our issues to the people through the political process, through the media, and through union actions in our facilities and on […]
October 12th, 2015
National Union of Healthcare Workers endorses Bernie Sanders for president
PASADENA — Nearly 200 elected rank-and-file leaders representing 11,000 members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers voted 72% to endorse Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary at the union’s annual Leadership Conference, convened October 10 in Pasadena, Calif. Senator Sanders’ message of reversing economic inequalities; his support for a single-payer […]
October 8th, 2015
NUHW Pulse — October 2015: The latest news from NUHW
Welcome to the October 2015 edition of NUHW Pulse, our union’s e-newsletter. Video: Portrait of an NUHW leader: Eloise Reese-Burns Eloise continues a family tradition of fighting for social justice. Read more Help save the NUHW–CNA affiliation agreement Find out what you can do to ensure that NUHW and CNA maintain our partnership and […]